Top of the third here at Watson Stadium and we've already had three home runs. Good news for Alabama is that two were by the Tide -- by Jake Smith and Matt Bentley of Huntsville (thank you very much) -- and both were three-run homers.

Add in a run scoring on an error and an RBI single by Josh Rutledge and the Tide has a commanding 8-1 lead. And ECU ace Seth Maness, who hasn't allowed this many runs all season, is out of the game.